Mohcine Besri

Mohcine Besri (born 1971) is a Moroccan actor, writer, Producer and director.^[1][2]

Mohcine Besri
Born	Mohcine Besri 1971 Meknes, Morocco
Occupations	Actor Writer Producer director
Known for	Urgent (2018) Laaziza (2018) The Miscreants (Les mécréants) (2011)

Career

In 2011, he wrote and directed the film, The Miscreants (French original title: Les mécréants), which he also produced alongside Michel Merkt, Michaël Rouzeau and Nicolas Wadimoff. The film starred Jamila El Haouini, Maria Lalouaz, Amine Ennaji, Abdenbi El Beniwi, Rabii Benjhaile and others.^[1][2][3] The film was reportedly released by the online streaming service Filmatigue around 2017.^[4][5]

In 2018, he directed the film, Urgent (French original title: Une urgence ordinaire), and screenplayed it with Cécile Vargaftig. It was produced by Elisa Garbar, Lamia Chraibi and Michel Merkt, and featured cast like Rachid Mustapha, Fatima Zahra Bennacer, Youssef Alaoui, Ayoub Layoussifi and others.^[6][7][8] The film was premiered in the 2018 Marrakech International Film Festival (MIFF)^[9][10] and in the 2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival^[11][12] and Tangier National Film Festival 2019.^[13] At the 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in 2016, he was nominated in the "Best Director" award category for the film Urgent. The film also got about four other nominations.^{[14][15][16][17]}

Still in 2018, he wrote and directed the feature drama film titled, Laaziza. The film featured cast like Fatima Zahra Benacer, Omar Lotfi, Rachid Elouali and Zakaria Atifi.^[18] The film was reportedly screened at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival.^[19]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Urgent (Une urgence ordinaire)	Director, writer	Drama	^[6]^[7]
	Laaziza	Director, writer	Drama	^[18]
2017	Worse Case, We Get Married	Actor (Mohammed)	Drama	^[20]
2011	The Miscreants (Les mécréants	Director, writer, Executive Producer	Drama	^[1]^[2]
2010	Opération Casablanca	Writer	Action, Comedy, Crime	^[21]
1995	Mary of Nazareth (Marie de Nazareth)	Actor (Jacques)	Drama	^[22]
1993	Abraham	2 Angel (2 episodes)	TV Mini Series, Adventure, biography, Drama	^[23]

Accolades

Year	Event	Prize	Recipient	Result
2019	AMAA	Best Director – for Urgent	Himself	Nominated

References

1. "Les mécréants (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
2. "Full Cast & Crew: Les mécréants (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
3. Farber, Stephen (7 July 2012). "The Miscreants: Karlovy Vary Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
4. "Two Egyptian films released by online film-streaming service Filmatique". Ahram Online. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
5. Kenny, Glenn (15 December 2017). "Sex and Power: The Provocative Explorations of Catherine Breillat". New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
6. Matheou, Demetrios (9 October 2018). "'Urgent': Busan Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
7. "Urgent (2018)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
8. "Diaspo #26 : Ayoub Layoussifi, the engineer who became an actor". Yabiladi. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
9. Goodfellow, Melanie (30 November 2018). "In focus: the new-look Marrakech International Film Festival". Screen Daily. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
10. Bella, Mohamed (22 November 2018). "14 Films to Compete for Marrakech International Film Festival Etoile d'Or". Morocco World News. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
11. Nordine, Michael (14 December 2018). "Palm Springs International Film Festival 2019 Lineup: 223 Movies From 78 Countries". IndieWire. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
12. "Kenneth Branagh Film to Open Palm Springs Film Fest". Palm Springs Life. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
13. Guerraoui, Saad (2 March 2019). ""From some insignificant events" opens Tangier National Film Festival". Middle East Online. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
14. Bada, Gbenga (27 October 2019). "AMAA 2019: Here are all the winners at the 15th edition of movie award". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
15. Kenechukwu, Stephen (19 September 2019). "FULL LIST: 'Delivery Boy', 'King of Boys' lead 2019 AMA Awards nominations". The Cable. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
16. Ige, Rotimi (19 September 2019). "JUST IN: AMAA releases nominations list for 2019". Nigerian Tribune. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
17. Mensah, Jeffrey. "Cynthia Dankwa: The Burial of Kojo star wins most promising actor at 2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards + full list of winners". Yen. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
18. "Laaziza (2018)". Casablanca Arab Film Festival. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
19. El-Touny, Sherif (21 November 2018). "A starry night at the 40th Cairo Film Festival". Arab News. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
20. "Worst Case, We Get Married (2017)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
21. "Opération Casablanca (2010)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
22. "Full Cast and Crew: Marie de Nazareth (1995)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
23. "Abraham (TV Mini-Series 1993)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

External links

• Mohcine Besri on IMDb